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Wirral Bookfest 2008
Bea Colley writes with information about the Wirral Bookfest which runs for a week from April 7th and features readings,…
William Faulkner and Barack Obama
C. Max Magee at The Millions has an interesting post about the recent speech made by Barack Obama addressing the…
Sentimental Old Fool
Deadlines have left me a little out of touch in the last few days but I wanted to share this…
Links We Liked for 12 March 2008
I've been teaching Nabokov's Lolita this week and came across Zembla, a superb website dedicated to the writer. There has…
After Empire
Kimberley Long discovers that history and geography matter in ways you don't expect. One thing I’ve discovered since I came…
Recommended Reads: The Wycherley Woman
by Steven Powell Ross Macdonald was one of the many pseudonyms of Kenneth Millar, creator of the fictional private detective…
Stories from the City: Contributors Wanted
Kenn Taylor is putting together a one-off magazine of new writing about Liverpool for 2008. It will be called 'Stories…
Reader Poll: Stealing Books
Now of course it goes without saying that stealing is wrong, illegal, and liable to end in tears, but, you…
Most Stolen Books
We're used to seeing lists of bestsellers, lists of most borrowed, most read by priests who ride motorbikes (ok, I…
Links We Liked for 29 February, 2008
Maybe the sky is falling in. If it isn't it certainly looks as if the landscape for bookish debate--and for…
Liverpool Poetry Cafe
The launch of Liverpool Poetry Café – at the Costa café on Bold Street – celebrated City Poems with 15…
Featured Poem: London Snow by Robert Bridges
Selected by Angela Macmillan 'London Snow' by Robert Bridges was much enjoyed by reading groups in care homes for the…
